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tug
[tuhg] 
,verb, tugged, tug⋅ging, noun –verb (used with object)
| 1. | to pull at with force, vigor, or effort. |
| 2. | to move by pulling forcibly; drag; haul. |
| 3. | to tow (a vessel) by means of a tugboat. |
–verb (used without object)
| 4. | to pull with force or effort: to tug at a stuck drawer. |
| 5. | to strive hard; labor; toil. |
–noun
| 6. | an act or instance of tugging; pull; haul. |
| 7. | a strenuous contest between opposing forces, groups, or persons; struggle: the tug of young minds in a seminar. |
| 8. | tugboat. |
| 9. | that by which something is tugged, as a rope or chain. |
| 10. | (on a harness)
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Related forms:
tugger, noun
tugless, adjective
Synonyms:
1. yank, jerk, wrench.
1. yank, jerk, wrench.
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| tug (tŭg) v. tugged, tug·ging, tugs v. tr.
[Middle English tuggen, from Old English tēon; see deuk- in Indo-European roots.] tug'ger n. |
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Tug
Tug\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tugged; p. pr. & vb. n. Tugging.] [OE. toggen; akin to OD. tocken to entice, G. zucken to jerk, draw, Icel. toga to draw, AS. t['e]on, p. p. togen, to draw, G. ziehen, OHG. ziohan, Goth. tiuhan, L. ducere to lead, draw. Cf. Duke, Team, Tie, v. t., Touch, Tow, v. t., Tuck to press in, Toy a plaything.]1. To pull or draw with great effort; to draw along with continued exertion; to haul along; to tow; as, to tug a loaded cart; to tug a ship into port. There sweat, there strain, tug the laborious oar. --Roscommon. 2. To pull; to pluck. [Obs.] To ease the pain, His tugged cars suffered with a strain. --Hudibras.Tug
Tug\, v. i. 1. To pull with great effort; to strain in labor; as, to tug at the oar; to tug against the stream. He tugged, he shook, till down they came. --Milton. 2. To labor; to strive; to struggle. England now is left To tug and scamble and to part by the teeth The unowed interest of proud-swelling state. --Shak.Tug
Tug\, n. 1. A pull with the utmost effort, as in the athletic contest called tug of war; a supreme effort. At the tug he falls, Vast ruins come along, rent from the smoking walls. --Dryden. 2. A sort of vehicle, used for conveying timber and heavy articles. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. 3. (Naut.) A small, powerful steamboat used to tow vessels; -- called also steam tug, tugboat, and towboat. 4. A trace, or drawing strap, of a harness. 5. (Mining.) An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed. Tug iron, an iron hook or button to which a tug or trace may be attached, as on the shaft of a wagon.
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Language Translation for : tug
Spanish:
tirar (de), dar un estirón,
German:
zerren,
Japanese:
引っぱる
tug (v.)
c.1225, from weak grade of O.E. teohan "to pull, drag," from P.Gmc. *teukh- "pull," from PIE *deuk- "to pull, to lead" (see duke). Related to tow (1). The noun is recorded from 1500; meaning "small steamer used to tow other vessels" is recorded from 1817. Phrase tug of war (1677) was originally figurative, "the decisive contest, the real struggle."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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